Chapter 9 Social Studies Test
  • 1. The Articles of Confederation and the Iroquois League were similar in that they both
A) Had a President
B) Stated people's desires to declare war on Britain
C) Brought together different groups of people
D) Were headed by women
  • 2. Which of these helps to keep one branch of government from gaining more power than another?
A) a system of checks and balances
B) The Bourne Identity
C) The electorial college
D) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) a national court system
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) republic
D) slave state
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Electorial College
B) Judicial Branch
C) Legislative Branch
D) Executive Branch
  • 5. Which of these was a part of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
A) a national legislature
B) a grand old flag
C) a queen
D) a king
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) coins and money
B) census
C) laws
D) taxes
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) elect a king or queen
B) print money
C) raise taxes
D) build bridges
  • 8. This determines how many representatives a state will have in the House of Representatives
A) The population of the state
B) The amount of rich families in the state
C) the average height of the people in the state
D) whatever Brittany's D.A.R.E Report says there should be
  • 9. Setting up a system so that new states could be formed was the purpose of the ______________________
A) Articles of Confederation
B) The Preamble to the Constitution
C) Annapolis Convention
D) Northwest Ordinance
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) Each state started printing its own money
B) Congress created a new national army
C) The Articles of Confederation were written
D) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
  • 12. The Three-fifths Comprimise that was reached at the Constitutional Convention involved the :
A) number of houses of Congress to be created
B) amount of power that was given to the national government
C) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
D) counting of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxation
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) Philadelphia
B) New York
C) Narnia
D) Boston
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are given to the cities
B) are given to the states
C) are shared by the national and state governments
D) belong only to the people of the states
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) Virginia Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) Virginia Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) Southern Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 18. Each state would have the SAME number of representatives to Congress under this plan
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Northern Plan
B) Justin Bieber Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Southern Plan
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